Keyes News

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports a semi was backing down the roadway in a construction zone on SH 171 three miles south of Keyes when it ran over a pedestrian.

COURTESY PHOTO Oklahoma's Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese presented an award to Derenda and Auden Aranda of Aranda Farms near Keyes, Okla., for being selected as the Texas County Conservation District's 2010 Outstanding Cooperators at Panhandle Ag Appreciation Days.

A water pipe that froze and burst over the holiday break damaged several classrooms and the library, but the community turned out to help salvage the books and classes are under way this week.

Authorities say two tornadoes touched down in sparsely populated areas of the Oklahoma Panhandle, but no injuries or damage were reported.